Official UVA 2021 Early Action Results/Decision thread

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (690 R, 720 W, 720 M)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: 800 on US History, 780 on World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.15 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50 of 680ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geo (5), Lang (5), US History (5), Seminar (4), Enviro Science (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Research, AP Biology, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov, Physics, 20th Cent. History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, just AP Scholars with Distinction and some school ones

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years of XC (captain, varsity), 4 years of indoor & outdoor track, She’s the First school branch (founder/president), Red Cross Club, NHS, Key Club, many years of Irish dance
Job/Work Experience: Grader and assistant teacher at Kumon for 2 years, some brief food service work prior to that that I didn’t mention
Volunteer/Community service: Residential volunteer at Camp Holiday Trails (run by UVA Hospital), teen volunteer at local hospital, lots of smaller volunteer jobs
Summer Activities: Volunteering, working, babysitting, cross country
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not sure how I would rate them, but my main Common App one and the two short essays for UVA were probably the combination of essays that I was most proud of through all my applications. The words flowed naturally, and I felt that the essays really pulled my application together well.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, a teacher of two years across two different disciplines with whom I share a lot of mutual respect. He knows my learning and classroom abilities well.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, a teacher I loved and enjoyed her class (AP Capstone), but I wasn’t as close with her as with the other. She is a UVA alumni, though, so I’m not sure if that helped in any way.
Counselor Rec: 6-7/10? Not really sure here! He knew me much better than the average student but still, I go to a very big school and he had many recommendations to write. I appreciate his effort in all ways.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Not sure yet, something with biology and global health/development involved!
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Prefer not to say!
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None, in-state applicant though!

Reflection

Strengths: I was really proud of my essays for UVA. In addition, I feel that I’m a fairly well rounded student without seeming contrived. I just got involved and worked hard at the things I loved.
Weaknesses: A couple of my grades in classes could have been much better.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Refer to strengths!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, accepted at Villanova, JMU, and Pitt. I’m waiting on 5 more!

General Comments: I’m over the moon. My acceptance doesn’t feel real yet! I’ve been in love with UVA since I was 12. Congratulations to all those that were accepted and many hugs to those that were deferred/rejected. We will all end up at the place we’re meant to be at.

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Accepted with a 4.04W and 3.6UW from NOVA. UVA is holistic folks work hard on those essays and activities too! Happy to be a Wahooo! Good luck to all!

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Decision: Denied OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8/4.2w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), psychology (5), Lang (5), physics 1 (2 lol, didn’t report that one), Spanish and stats this year so haven’t taken
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: a little lacking, 2 AP’s, a rigorous double credit course unique to my school, and fluff
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really that major, little fluffy stuff

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): decent. (Senior VP) of a local community service group, NHS, SHS, other local service programs, I’m a pilot
Job/Work Experience: lots of work experience, positions in many different business related fields, customer service, sales, basically had a job since 6th grade.
Volunteer/Community service: plenty through the EC’s mentioned
Summer Activities: Worked at a summer camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I guess maybe a 7-8 on both. I thought UVA got some of my best essays, but not enough to get me in I guess. Common app essay was about flying and I thought it was pretty good, uva supplementals reflected my personality well. The grammar and mechanics were fine.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): of course haven’t read them, but I’d expect a 10 from both teachers. Know and love both teachers very well, and I think my counselor put extra effort into mine because I was the morehead Cain nominee for my school.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: business
State (if domestic applicant): rather not say, but oos
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: highly competitive public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Essays, I think my overall application comes across a bit different than the majority.
Weaknesses: test scores… I remember when I was proud of my 31… those were the days…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bad test score, my curriculum wasn’t easy but it could’ve been harder. I’m just not that special frankly lol.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Miami oh, Clemson, SMU, still waiting on my #1 and #2 but this kinda killed my confidence haha.

General Comments: you’re more than just a number! Remember that!

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Decision- Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: Chem-800, Math II-760, Lit-740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (not reported)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro-5, Calc AB-5, Chem-5, Physics1-5, English Lang-5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Govt, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor of School Literary Magazine, Captain of XC Team
Job/Work Experience: Butcher’s Assistant/Caterer
Volunteer/Community service: Various things through School Ministry
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 for all
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 10
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Econ
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic Prep School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection
I wrote one of my supplements about my quest to create the perfect peanut butter sandwich, so I’m glad that ended up working out

Strengths: Academics, Recommendations, Extra Curriculars
Weaknesses: Community Service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic Strength and Supplemental Essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Claremont Mckenna

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Decision: Accepted (but attending Stanford University in the fall)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270, Math: 770, Writing: 790 (essay subscore: 10), Reading Comp: 710
SAT II: Math II: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Literature (5), AP BC Calc (5), AP Art History (5), AP US History (5), AP Latin (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Economics, AP Physics C, Post-AP Latin/Greek, Advanced photography, English (my school doesn’t offer AP english classes), Post-AP multivariable calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist; National Latin Exam level 3 silver award, level 4 gold award, level 5/6 bronze award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drug and alcohol prevention leadership team for my township, film photography class, tutor, managing artist for school newspaper, archery competition/certified coach, student ambassador/tour guide for my school, head of my school’s chapter of Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society), senior rep to my school’s student body judiciary committee
Job/Work Experience: Bakery employee, Huffington Post journalism fellowship, architecture internship
Volunteer/Community service: see above– tutor 5+ kids per year, ambassador for my school, drug and alcohol prevention leadership team for my township
Summer Activities: Intensive arts/architecture program in southern France, Wash U Architecture Discovery Program, Harvard Summer School: Secondary School, Architecture internship, Bakery internship (which later became a job)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec: 10

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Art History
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey (NOT IN STATE)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: +200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: I applied for the humanities/arts department with 2 arts portfolios, I do what I love and I love what I do– I never did any of it for colleges!
Weaknesses: I was applying to Stanford at the same time so I spent more time on that app.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades/scores, great art portfolios

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED STANFORD 2021!!! GO CARDINAL!

General Comments: To all of you who were denied entry, please know that it will work out. The acceptance rate is silly and it has nothing to do with you as a student. Don’t doubt yourself because of this– you will be stronger in the end. Good luck on your other apps, but I’m sure you will end up where you belong.
And to those applying– DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO AND DO IT A LOT! It will come across. Don’t spread yourself too thin by being “well-rounded” because, frankly, being a lopsided ameba with one really fantastic, super awesome strength is just as good, if not better. GO AMEBAS!!!

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Decision: Accepted OOS (Arts and Science)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 single sitting
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted GPA is 4.5. UW is between 3.8 and 3.9 at a highly competitive school
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), APES (5), Gov. (5), Comparative Politics (5), APUSH (4), Lang. (4).
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, AP Economics, AP Statistics, AP Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, multiple nationwide essay contests (first place), selected as 1 of around 6 students nationwide for a political program, local high school awards in science

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Blogger for the Huffington Post, Co-Editor in Chief of school newspaper, Co-President of DECA, founded a business generating around $20k annually, published writer in several literary magazines, reporter for town newspaper, paid staff writer for a financial literacy company, editor for Polyphony H.S., black belt in karate, class treasurer, volunteering

Job/Work Experience: private tutor, staff writer, personal business
Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t really do much here, just got into NHS and that’s about it.
Summer Activities: Nothing that added to my application
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9/10 and UVA essays: 7/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Probably good!

Teacher Rec #1: Very good!
Teacher Rec #2: Pretty good!
Counselor Rec: Very good!
Additional Rec: Nope
Interview: No interview

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Humanities (I think I put English)
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: My extracurriculars showed my passion for the humanities, more specifically English. I really emphasized that everywhere in my application.
Weaknesses: Lack of a second good SAT II score, gpa
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Demonstrated passion
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:
As many people have said before me, do not be well-rounded! I wasn’t the valedictorian, I have no hooks, and I’m OOS. Dig deep into whatever you like and build your entire application around that!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I: 1470 (740 reading, 730 math)
ACT: 32 (35,32,31,30)
SAT II: 690 Math 1, 750 Math 2 (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 U.S. History, 4 Human Geo, like 10 other 3s
IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 Chem SL
Senior Year Course Load: Heavy (Calc BC, AP Music Theory, Physics C,…)
Major Awards (USAMO, etc.): Eagle Scout, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Scholarship, New Century Leadership, Senior Class president, Superintendent Advisory board, baseball team captain/1st team all-district junior year, Young Entrepreneurs of Lubbock President, among others

Subjective:
Extracurriculars:

  • Founder of a drone club, combining it with the University in my city and the superintendent of my school district to use the university’s resources and spread it to each school in the district.
  • Research assistant in a project researching the survival of Quail who lose 80% of their pop. annually.
  • Lots of volunteering w/ Boy Scouts
  • baseball, school clubs, NCL, etc.
    Job/Work Experience: Junior counselor at two summer camps, including a Boy Scout camp where I taught classes
    Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours from roughly 4 organizations
    Summer Activities: Baseball, Quail project, drone project
    Essays: 9-10. Wrote my common app over how I ran for class president as a demagogue and how no one noticed. Wrote my supplement over how I created the drone project and by taking such initiative I became a more developed person while honoring my grandfather and doing something I love.
    Recommendations: I would assume a 9-10. I had my biology and English teachers write them. On top of those, I had my former counselor/family friend and the professor whom I am working with for the drone project write one.

No Interview

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9-10. I excelled in English and always did my best to help my very caring teacher. She wrote on how I was a leader of our grade even before I was the class pres. Furthermore, she is the senior Stuco rep and has seen me be a leader there.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8-10. My biology teacher has always liked me. I did very well in her difficult class. She wanted to be my EE advisor before I quit IB, and even though I didn’t know her as well, she always liked me.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6-9. I don’t know my counselor really at all. She is nice and thinks of me as a good kid because I am more patient than everyone else she deals with. Apparently she writes good letters.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): Former Counselor 8-10. Writes beautiful letters and knows me well. The professor 9-10. I have worked with her for several months and she has seen me take a lot of initiative. She is a professor of medicine and engineering, 2-star army general, vegan, and a former homeland security director of New Mexico so she holds a lot of authority
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 6. In many ways, awkward. It wasn’t conversational for most of it, but he was a pleasant guy.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State: (west) Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100,000-250,000 (guess)
Hooks: Definitely my drone project and how I told them through the essays. I show a lot of leadership in general, and I am sure my letters supported that strongly. Furthermore, my essay was about quoting Hitler, Stalin, etc. and how it helped me win my presidency. Really interesting. Also the Eagle Scout piece and Quail project.

Reflections:
Strengths: Essays, Rec letters, GPA/workload, Resume, doing something out of my curriculum
Weaknesses: low ACT/SAT, white male w/no legacy, good not great high school
Why you think you were accepted: I have a really unique set of views and have pursued them well and efficiently. I also wrote well and demonstrate initiative and curiosity. Plus qualifying scores
Where else were you accepted: SMU (rd revealed early) w/ $, UMichigan, UT Austin, Texas A&M,
Harvard

Waiting on Chicago, WashU, Vandy

General Comments (if any):
Don’t be discouraged if you have a low ACT/SAT. Be realistic, but honestly, you never know. I didn’t think I had a shot, especially because I only have one decent score, but I pushed myself outside the curriculum by far while engaging those in my community. Two more things. One, pull every string you have. I edited my essays till I thought they were perfect. I showed almost all my teachers, my former babysitters, everyone. Actually, the people that helped the most were the parents of a kid on my brother’s baseball team. Everyone I talked to poked holes straight through my paper that made it out to be great. Don’t be afraid to use every favor you have because you only have one chance to apply. Also, go all out on this. A week before I turned this in, I literally stayed up till 3 am and woke up at 6 every day just to make them absolutely perfect. Before then it wasn’t much better.

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Accepted OOS!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (790 Reading and Writing, 790 Math, 22 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite (36 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 36 Science, 33 Writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.85 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5), BC Calc (5), Lang and Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP French, AP Stats, Honors Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing extremely major… National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Harvard Book Award, French Honor Society, National Honor Society, and a bunch of school academic awards.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Varsity Tennis (Captain)
  • Invention/Science Camp (Camp Counselor)
  • National Honor Society (Officer)
  • Asian Culture Club (President)
  • Math Team
  • Biology lab aide

Job/Work Experience:

  • Intern at biomedical company
  • Teacher assistant at local language school (won award for best teacher assistant)

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Invention/Science Camp (Camp Counselor)
  • Volunteer at local hospital
  • Volunteer at town library

Summer Activities:

  • Internship at biomedical company
  • Summer program at Brown
  • Invention/Science Camp (Camp Counselor)
  • Hiking/traveling with family

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

  • Common App: 7/10, I think I could have made this stronger
  • Supplements: 8/10 for engineering essay, 9/10 for favorite word essay

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Bio teacher 9/10, did well in class, work as lab aide
Teacher Rec #2: AP Lang teacher 9/10, did well in class, connected with teacher
Counselor Rec: 8/10 didn’t know super well, but she definitely likes me a lot
Additional Rec: none

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Highly ranked and competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:
Strengths: Grades, test scores, teacher recs
Weaknesses: Essays (especially common app) could have been stronger
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my strong academics really helped me stand out
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rather not say lmao

General Comments : Congrats to everyone who was accepted! To those deferred or rejected, it’s okay, keep your head up! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34C - single sitting
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strong, with leadership
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
School Type: Private (top 25 nationally)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Why you think you were rejected: GPA, no hooks, my high school has a poor track record at UVA; still, thought I would at least be deferred

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (750 M, 740 CR, 800 WR, 10 E)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Physics (780), Math II (750), Literature (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school doesn’t rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), English Lit (5), English Lang (5), Euro (5), Micro (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Mandarin, AP Macro, Honors English, Religion Course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF (?), several school-wide awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Highly ranked in several auditioned choirs (District, Regional, All-State, All-Easterns) (10-11)
  • Co-President of A Capella Group w/ 20+ members (12)
  • Theatre board (11-12), lead parts in most of school plays/musicals (9-12)
  • First team mock trial (10-12) Mock Trial board (12)
  • Founded a street performance club, we perform @ our local city to raise money for a musical education charity (12)
    Job/Work Experience:
  • College-level internship at a startup translation company for two months (summer after 11)
  • Interned at local theatre as a camp counselor & in the box office (summer after 9)
    Volunteer/Community service:
  • Club that I mentioned above
  • Planned & executed a music fundraiser for the aforementioned local theatre in my backyard- raised over $3,000
    Summer Activities:
  • Studied abroad in China for 1 month, took classes in Chinese, lived with Chinese host family (summer after 10)
  • Did a program in Spain where we studied Spanish language, culture, history, architecture (this experience was more social than educational…)
    Essays (rating 1-10, details):
    Common App: 9/10. Cliche topic but spoken in my true voice. Brought many family members to tears.
    UVa Supp: 7.5/10. One of them was really good, but I procrastinated on writing the other and ran out of time before I could polish it…

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: has known me since 6th grade. Adores me, junior year history teacher. Mock trial coach too. 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: Junior year english teacher, didn’t know her too personally but she loved the work I put in to her class and writes super eloquently, loved my performances in the plays & still enthusiastically runs up to me in the hallway, 9/10
Counselor Rec: was one of the mentors on my trip to China, knows me really well, 10/10
Additional Rec: CEO of small business I interned at. I’ve read it, really excellent. Highlights drive/initiative/work ethic. 9.5/10

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Econ
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): full pay?
Reflection

Strengths: Evident passion for music & theatre, with choir rankings/leadership to show for it. Essays were very genuine; I didn’t try to show off/be funny
Weaknesses: No passion demonstrated for my intended major (econ), English teacher rec
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated my passion for languages and music/theatre very well in my app, and kept up good grades for four years.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: deferred from Princeton EA. Gonna wait to hear from Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, & Georgetown RD & will withdraw a few others (Wash U, BC, Fordham, UNC CH, Vandy)

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): (710 CR 800 M 720 W) 2230
ACT (breakdown): 33 C (34 E 31 M 32 R 36 S); 33 C (33 E 34 M 34 R 30 S)
SAT II: 760 math II, 750 US history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 33
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP Comp Sci. (4), AP Human Geography (4), AP Chem (4), AP English Lang (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Japanese II, AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, P.E.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regional awards for debate and outstanding delegate at Harvard Model Congress Asia

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Harvard Model Congress Asia [9-12] [Captain 10, 11, 12] [Honorable Mention 1x] [Outstanding Delegate 2x]
Online Model United Nations [Executive Administrative Officer for Korea] – Organize debates online for students who enjoy MUN around the world. I teach parliamentary procedure and moderate debates, which give me excellent experience for a MUN conference later in the year.

Varsity Tennis [Captain 12] [Most Improved 10] [Far East Tennis 9-12] – Not much to show.
Student Council [Class VP 9] [Class President 10] [Class Parliamentarian 11] [Class Secretary 12]
Hiking – I enjoy hiking on weekends.

Minjoo Party of Korea – Worked for a local representative’s office during the 2016 Korean parliamentary elections.

Seosan Law Firm – internship at a law firm that helped me understand the courtroom better and confirmed my initial interests in the law.

DoDEA Pacific Advisory Council – selected to represent over 10,000 students at an education board that includes the director of our school region.

Global Mission Church – Pianist for the praise team; humanitarian projects through the church.

Job/Work Experience: summer translator job online (Korean-english, english-korean)… did not include.
Volunteer/Community service: through church, NHS… also did not really mention.
Summer Activities: some listed above, and if there were a short essay about my summer, I would have written “spent hours perfecting my serve.”
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App – 7/8 : I wrote about how my curiosities lead me to do different things, and basically used a story where my curiosity about Robert’s Rules of Order (checking out the book in a library) and the book’s deceptive cover led me to wonder why governments have to have such strict procedure, revealing me to the world of debate.

CAS essay – 7 : Honest. I wrote about an experience of listening to rap music, which was turned on by a walk-on on the tennis team (there was no football team at our school this year lmao). I wrote about how I became more tolerant as I listened to rap and focused on the lyrics.

Supplemental essay - 8: Wrote about how I write differently in style from day to day in my English writing notebook. I said the notebook is a wonderful way to think about what I had been like on that specific day. I also said this habit helped me to review my work, however cheesy the writing was.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9 – APUSH teacher. Great letter. We’re really close, and it showed (I might have added some lines)
Teacher Rec #2: 6 – AP Chem / AP Physics teacher. I’m not sure about this one… I gave him a guideline about what to write, but I have not read it.
Counselor Rec: 7 – Have not read it; we’re close, but I feel like she uses a template. Not sure.
Additional Rec: Nada
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Politic/Government
State (if domestic applicant): Resident of CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Department of Defense
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60~70K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, focused on several extracurriculars (large depth).
Weaknesses: I got deferred with the common app essay I used for UVA, so I revised it a little for RD.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ESSAYS. They really convey your personality, and it’s the make or break portion of your application.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Yale (deferred), Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Stanford, UChicago, Penn, USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, Georgetown

General Comments : Financial aid?

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OOS legacy Accepted!
ACT 32, WGPA - 4.5

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
[] SAT: 1520 (didn’t submit)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math 1, 740 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank: No percentile or ranks, but probably in the top 5 - 10% in a class of 500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in four APs
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs and 1 honors
[] Major Awards: Nothing outstanding; a few minor ones

Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars: Varsity debate captain, art, and some miscellaneous things
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours by the end of junior year
[] Summer Activities: college courses at Georgetown; residential summer program at yale
[] Essays:
Common App - about my background, didn’t spend as much time on it as I would’ve liked (7)
Supplements- I only had a few days with these before the deadline but they apparently turned out okay (8)
[] Teacher Recommendations (didn’t see any of them):
French (had her for 3 years, knows me rly well)
AP Lang (only had him first semester junior year, but he seemed to like me)
[li] Counselor Rec: had her since the beginning of HS[/li]
Other
[] Intended Major: Undecided / Government-Foreign Affairs
[] State: Maryland (I go to school here but I’m an international applicant)
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
[] Strengths: Good scores, unique background, involvement in extracurriculars/volunteering, decent essays that showed my voice
[] Weaknesses: Out of state and international applicant, was rushed on the essays, Asian
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have pretty solid academics and essays that depicted who I am :slight_smile:

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ACT: 32 (34 superscored)
Class Rank: 1/275
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 5.1 weighted

Deffered

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IN STATE ACCEPTED

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1430 new SAT
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II: 750 math 1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure probably 3.9? had a 4.6 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 4 4 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: 1 IB, 5 AP, 1 Honors
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): couple of youth leaderships, some school awards for grades, boys state/ camp awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):too much, put way too much into this. just know i had killer ECs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: started own company, $5k+ revenue
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: probably over 500+ hours into various categories
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: 10/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 8/10
[ ] Additional Rec: 9/10 from principal, loves me
[ ] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nah
[ *] Intended Major: business (McIntire)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: 200k+
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): english second language?
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: essays, grades, ec, recs
[ ] Weaknesses: sat score only tbh
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1530 (790 CR, 740 M)
ACT: 34C
SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 US History, 700 German
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on all taken (APUSH, Lang, Chem, AB Calc, World History)
Major Awards: National Merit Commended

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Competition (Captain 10-12 grade) - State Champions, assorted other clubs

Job/Work Experience: Retail slave, soccer referee

Volunteer/Community service: NHS volunteering, local law library

Summer Activities: Virginia Governor’s School (German immersion academy)

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8 range, well-written and about Academic Team (UVA has a great team and definitely likes to see students interested in the sport)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: APUSH teacher, probably the better one 9/10
Teacher Rec #2 AP:Chem Teacher 7/10
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know her so well, but seems like she likes me from what I could garner in our limited interactions

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: Medium size public high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000-$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): UVA usually admits 10-15 (sometimes more) from my HS every year so I suppose they like it, perhaps my dedication to the Academic Team

Reflection

Strengths: Well rounded, solid test scores
Weaknesses: Math SAT scores, only one significant EC
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My test scores + well-written 250 word supplementals
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Georgia Tech, waiting on many others

General Comments: Expected this, but still very relieved

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1140
ACT: 26
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45/684
AP: Calc BC, Psych, Lit, Lang, World History, U.S History, Gov, Macro Econ
Senior Year Course Load: Calc Bc, AP Macro, AP Lit, Anatomy gifted, AP Gov, German IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
German Club (President)
National Honor Society (Historian)
Student Ambassador
Social Justice Club (Vice President)
German National Honor Society (President)
Science National Honor Society
Organize refugee donation drive for newly resettled refugees in Georgia at school (two years)

Job/Work Experience:
Intern for health organization in Atlanta, wrote articles promoting healthy lifestyles for Asian community in metro Atlanta
Volunteer/Community service:
Refugee Clothes Closet (sorted donated clothing for resettled refugees in Atlanta, helped refugees by providing essentials
Refugee Kids Club: day camp where I chaperoned, led activities, cooked for refugee children, 60 minutes came and filmed a special on Syrian refugees
Day Care: teacher’s assistant, led summer camp
Other: volunteer at local temples, refugee events, Asian American festivals, Japan fest ATL (5 years)
Essays: Wrote about my quirk of creating scenarios in my head that go with a song, and wrote about being fascinated by the white temple in Thailand and it’s art

Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: generic
Additional Rec: New german teacher, he really wants me to go to VA so I’m sure it was great
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Public 3000+ (one of the largest in GA
Ethnicity: Southeastern Asian (lao &thai)

Gender: female
Income Bracket: 35,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, QuestBridge finalist
Reflection: Suprised I didn’t get rejected LOL but grateful I have another chance
Strengths: volunteer work, showed passion
Weaknesses: test scores hands down!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’m out of state, and my test scores were WAY below than UVA’s averages
General Comments: Think the school is amazing! Visited and fell in love. Congrats to the ones accepted! Deferred students: don’t give up hope! Rejected schools: You’ll end up somewhere great, you worked so hard.

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Out of State, NY, Accepted to College of Engineering

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 Math, 34 other 3) One Take
SAT II: 770 US History 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/297
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (5) Physics 2 (4) US History (5) US Government (5) English Language (4) Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Symphonic Band, Econ151 through Local Community College
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader), School Newspaper (Editor-In-Chief), Spanish Club (VP), Model UN (VP), Marching Band (Section Leader and Equiptment Manager), Sumphonic Band, NHS, National English Honors Society, Church Youth Group and Mission Trips
Job/Work Experience: Worked the past two summers at the city Pool
Volunteer/Community service: 3 Mission Trips, NHS service opportunities, Boy Scout service activities including Eagle Scout Project
Summer Activities: Not School.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8. I think they were pretty good. Common App essay was really good and I think the specific UVA essays were very well written too.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): See Below. I read the First Letter and it was phenomenal.

Teacher Rec #1: Physics Teacher 10/10 One of my favorite teachers and she loved me as well.
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher 9-10? Also enjoyed her class and she liked me. I believe it was well written but this one I didn’t see.
Counselor Rec: 8? Lots to write but developed a good relationship
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: I think the GPA, Class Rank and Test Clres were my strongest attributes alongside my Extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Being an Out of State with no real hook (Not URM, Legacy etc.)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the well-rounded was of my application was helpful. Strong objectives with good ECs and good writing.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Miami University (Honors Program), Kentucky (Honors Program), Deferred at Princeton.
Waiting on decisions from Case Western and Vanderbilt

General Comments: I feel very blessed and thankful to be accepted to the University!! For anyone who reads this tomorrow or next year, don’t worry too much about college. You’ll end up somewhere great!!

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@Princetonian1013

Congrats on the Stanford REA acceptance

But why didn’t you withdraw your application to UVA geez